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Alfred Neumann architectural records and papers, 1900-1985, (bulk 1950s-1960s)

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Bib ID:	9366747 View CLIO record
Title:	Alfred Neumann architectural records and papers, 1900-1985, (bulk 1950s-1960s)
Physical description:	8 linear feet, 1724 drawings, 1328 photographs, and 1 model.
Language(s):	In English, German, French, Hebrew, Czech, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, and Korean.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in nine series:

Description

Scope and Content

This collection is composed primarily of project drawings and photographs, extensive personal and professional correspondence, Neumann’s writings and unpublished research materials, student artworks, travel photographs, papers related to Neumann’s faculty positions and group memberships, and publications related to his projects. The bulk of the material dates from the 1950’s and 1960’s and concerns projects and research undertaken in Israel. The collection is arranged in nine series: Project Records, Correspondence, Professional Papers, Writings and Notes, Faculty Papers, Publications, Personal Papers, Artworks, and Reference.

Series I: Personal Papers

Comprised of five subseries: Biographical, School Papers, Photographs, Travel, and Other Papers. The first subseries contains birth certificates, biographies and CVs, bank notes from the Terezín ghetto, legal papers, obituaries, and passports. The second subseries contains diplomas from the Akademie der bildenden Kunste in Vienna, the Behrens Prize, matriculation and course certificates from the Deutsche Technische Hochschule in Brno, and student architectural drawings. The third subseries contains portrait photographs of Neumann, photographs of Neumann with students and colleagues, and photographs of friends and family. Subseries 4 contains extensive travel photographs and slides and ephemera from Neumann’s travels in Asia. The fifth subseries contains a miscellany of address books, clippings and ephemera not pertaining to architecture, notes, doodles, Naomi Neumann’s student and professional papers, and plant matter.

Series II: Project Records

Covers Neumann’s architectural career, from early and student projects in the Czech Republic, France, and South Africa, to larger-scale projects in Israel. It also includes records for competitions and other unrealized projects, as well as for Neumann’s research on space-packing patterns. The series is comprised of four subseries: Drawings, Files, Photographs, and Model. Subseries 1 contains working and presentation drawings, rough sketches, and reproductions. Most are pencil on trace sketches, brown-line drawings, or reprographic copies. Subseries 2 consists of proposals, reports, notes, correspondence, legal documents, and ephemera pertaining to projects. Subseries 3 contains photographs of models, photographs of the buildings in construction, and interior and exterior photographs of completed buildings. Subseries 4 contains an architectural model for an unidentified project. Within each subseries, entries are listed in alphabetical order according to project title.

Series III: Correspondence

Contains extensive personal and professional correspondence, mainly dating from the 1950’s and 1960’s. The series is comprised of three subseries: Correspondence of Alfred Neumann (the largest subseries), Correspondence of Naomi Neumann (dating mainly from after the death of Alfred), and Correspondence of Others (correspondence between third parties). Includes letters, drafts, telegrams, postcards, and some enclosures. Notable correspondents include: André Bloc, Yona Friedman, Sigfried Giedion, Jean Ginsberg, Walter Gropius, Zvi Hecker, Le Corbusier, Berthold Lubetkin, Man Ray, William Muschenheim, Moshe Safdie, Jose Luis Sert, and Eldar Sharon. Most correspondence is written in German, French, English, or Hebrew.

Series IV: Professional Papers

Consists of awards, recommendations written for Neumann, bibliographies, documents for exhibitions, competitions, and juries, ecological and topographical studies for Israel, lecture notes, CIAM documents (CIAM V, VI, VIII, IX, and X), and documents for other architectural groups, including Groupe d’Etudes d’Architecture Mobile, Groupe Espace, Japan Architects Association, La Societé des Architectes de la Région de Québec, and Planning Workshop of New York. CIAM documents comprise the bulk of the material for this series, and include correspondence, reports, forms, minutes of meetings, memoranda, and leaflets.

Series V: Writings and Notes

Contains articles written by Neumann for architecture periodicals, Neumann’s book L’Humanisation de L’Espace: Le Système M-Phi accompanied by extensive drafts and notes, and papers, which include: Proportion: A Measure of Order, Irrational Factors in Building Industrialization, Aspects d’Architecture, Inertie de la Forme, Architecture as Ornament, Openings, Doors, and Windows, and Morphology of Inside-Outside. The series also contains notes and research on space packing, notes on various architectural topics, and bibliographical notes. Drafts, typescripts, and notes often include versions in several languages (typically English, German, and French).

Series VI: Faculty Papers

Comprised of three subseries: Technion (Israel Institute of Technology), Université Laval, Quebec, and Lectures and Pedagogical Notes. The first subseries contains syllabi of courses and programs of study, student projects, notes regarding curriculum reform, and Neumann’s formal proposals for said reform. The second subseries contains a prospectus, syllabi and programs of study, and student works. The third subseries contains teaching plans, lecture notes, proposed curricula, plans for student projects, notes on architectural education, and articles and papers on pedagogical topics.

Series VII: Publications

Comprised of three subseries: Articles about Projects (Periodicals), Articles about Projects (Newspapers), and Articles about Neumann. The first subseries is the largest and contains articles about and photographs of Neumann’s projects, mainly in architecture, engineering, and design periodicals in numerous languages, along with a handful of popular magazines (1959-1971). The second subseries contains articles about projects in Israeli newspapers (mainly in Hebrew). The third subseries contains articles concerning Neumann’s architectural career, his influence within Israeli architecture, his role as an educator, and his thoughts on various architectural topics, in both newspapers and architectural periodicals. This last subseries also contains an exhibition catalogue from Harvard, which cites Neumann’s projects and research.

Series VIII: Artworks

The series consists mainly of drawings and sketches in various media, with a handful of oil paintings. Composed primarily of portraits and life drawings, the latter of which were most likely executed while Neumann was a student at the Deutsche Technische Hochschule. Also contains a self-portrait in oil, reproductions of artworks, caricatures, landscapes, figural drawings in the manner of Picasso, and non-figural drawings and watercolors. The works are listed according to subject matter and medium. Artworks not created by Neumann have been so noted.

Series IX: Reference

The series is composed of materials Neumann may have used over the course of his researches on space packing, for his various articles, his book L’Humanisation de L’Espace: Le Système M-Phi, or for lectures. It contains architecture periodicals, newspaper and magazine clippings on architectural topics, photographs of Brno interiors, academic papers and articles, and the contents of seven slide boxes, which may have been used for Neumann’s lectures. The first three slide boxes primarily contain photographs of Neumann’s projects. The latter boxes contain personal photographs, images taken from published sources, and diagrams pertaining to Neumann’s researches on polyhedral geometry, morphological architecture, and proportion.

Series I: Personal Papers

Series I: Project Records

Subseries 1: Drawings

Contains working and presentation drawings, rough sketches, and reproductions. Most are pencil on trace sketches, brown-line drawings, or reprographic copies. Drawings have been arranged alphabetically by Project Name.

Subseries 2: Files

Consists of proposals, reports, notes, correspondence, legal documents, and ephemera pertaining to projects. The files have been arranged alphabetically by Project Name.

Subseries 3: Photographs

Contains photographs of models, photographs of the buildings in construction, and interior and exterior photographs of completed buildings. The photographs have been arranged alphabetically by Project Name.

Series II: Correspondence

Series III: Professional Papers

Series IV: Writings and Notes

Series V: Faculty Papers

Series VI: Publications

Series VIII: Artworks

Series IX: Reference

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Alfred Neumann architectural records and papers, 1900-1985, (bulk 1950s-1960s), Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

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Columbia University Libraries. Avery Architecture and Fine Arts Library. Department of Drawings and Archives; machine readable finding aid created by Columbia University Libraries Digital Library Program Division

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Lauren Murtagh (Graduate Intern) under the supervision of Shelley Hayreh, Avery Archivist, in 2012.

Machine readable finding aid generated from MARC-AMC source via XSLT conversion April 3, 2012

Finding aid written in English.

2012-04-03 File created.

CLIO ID: 9366747 View CLIO record

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Neumann, Naomi, 1939-1988.

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Neumann, Alfred, 1900-1968.

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Behrens, Peter, 1868-1940.

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Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969.

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International Congresses for Modern Architecture.

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Architecture--France--Designs and plans.

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Architecture--Israel--Designs and plans.

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Architecture--South Africa--Designs and plans.

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Architecture, Modern--20th century.

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Architecture--Study and teaching.

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Dwellings--Design and construction.

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Planned communities--Designs and plans

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History / Biographical Note

Biography

Alfred Neumann was born in Vienna on January 26th, 1900 to Hermine Hikl and Sigmund Neumann, a furniture maker. They moved to Brünn (now Brno) in the 1910’s, where Neumann attended the Deutsche Technische Hochschule from 1919 to 1922 (there he received some training in the fine arts as well as architecture). He subsequently attended the Meisterschule für Architektur at the Akademie der bildenden Kunste in Vienna (1922-1925), where he studied under Peter Behrens and was awarded the Behrens Preis in 1924. Upon completion of his studies in Vienna, Neumann moved to Paris where he studied under Auguste Perret at the Atelier du Palais de Bois (1926-1932). During the 1920’s, Neumann also worked for French architect Charles Siclis (1925) and for Peter Behrens in Berlin (1927) (projects during this period include cinemas, metro stations, department stores, and housing). Neumann was additionally employed in Paris by Ali Tur, architect of the Ministère des Colonies, under whom he worked on Parisian housing developments and the reconstruction of Guadeloupe after a 1928 hurricane. Later that year Neumann traveled to Barcelona to study the work of Antoni Gaudí.

In 1928 and 1929, Neumann worked in Algiers for the architect Jacques Guiauchain on projects for the Bureaux Administratifs du Palais du Gouvernement and other civic and municipal projects. In the early 1930’s, Neumann worked in the offices of various architects in Paris, including Pierre Forestier, Jean Ginsberg, Denis Honegger, Berthold Lubetkin, Auguste Perret, Georges-Henri Pingusson, and Maurice Rotival (projects of this period include housing, schools, and recreation facilities). During the 1930’s, Neumann was a member of the Parisian artists’ groups Cercle et Carré and Abstraction-Création, avant-garde groups which promoted abstraction in the arts.

Between 1934 and 1936 Neumann worked for the architectural firm of Kallenbach, Kennedy, and Furner in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa, on residential and commercial projects. After a brief period in Paris, Neumann returned to Brno and practiced independently, producing mainly residential buildings, interior designs, and furniture designs for private clients. In February of 1945, Neumann was deported from Prague to the concentration camp Terezín (Theresienstadt); he was freed in May of that year. After the war, Neumann worked for the Country Research and Planning Institute in Brno (1945-1948). In 1947, Neumann attended CIAM VI in Bridgewater, England, with a Czech delegation, where he presented planning studies for the Moravian region of Czechoslovakia (other architectural groups with which Neumann was involved at various points in his career include Groupe Espace, Groupe d’Etudes d’Architecture Mobile, Japan Architects Association, and La Societé des Architectes de la Région de Québec).

Neumann immigrated to Israel in 1949, where he initially worked in Jerusalem for the architect and town planner Richard Kaufmann. Between 1950 and 1953, Neumann was employed by the Israeli government to work on regional and urban planning projects (notably for Jerusalem and the town of Beit-Shemesh). In 1952, Neumann became Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) in Haifa. He later became Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning (1953-1960) and was awarded the Mary Hill Swope Chair of Architecture (1961). He planned a new curriculum incorporating studies on human biology, psychology, morphology, and ecology in keeping with his researches on the humanization of architecture. In 1956, Neumann published the book L’Humanisation de L’Espace: Le Système M-Phi, which principally addresses questions of modular coordination and theories of proportion.

In 1959, Neumann established an architectural practice with his former Technion students Zvi Hecker and Eldar Sharon. That year he also undertook a round-the-world trip, including visits to numerous cities in India, Southeast Asia, the United States, and Europe. During these later years, Neumann also explored the notion of ‘space-packing’ systems as three-dimensional arrangements of geometric spatial units. His major projects in Israel include the Bat Yam City Hall and Civic Center, holiday camps at Achziv, Michmoret, and Kiryat Yam, a housing village for Arab refugees at Ein-Rafa, Dubiner Apartment House in Ramat Gan, the Danciger Building for the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Technion, Beit Zayit Youth Camp and Restaurant, and the Synagogue at the Officer’s School on Training Base I in Mitzpe-Ramon. Competitions Neumann engaged in during this period include those for Netanya City Hall, the Ashdod City Center, an Auschwitz memorial, and the Amsterdam Town Hall. Many of these projects were considered experimental by Neumann’s contemporaries. Neumann’s work gained some international exposure during his life through publication of dozens of articles in leading professional periodicals, including L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, Domus, Architectural Design, Zodiac, Arts and Architecture, and others.

In 1962 Neumann married Naomi Gottesman (1939-1988), one of his students at the Technion. Their daughter Eva-Marie was born later that year. From 1962 to 1963, and from 1965, Neumann taught at the Ecole d’Architecture at the Université Laval in Quebec. Neumann died in Quebec on October 23, 1968.

Sources:

Segal, Rafael. "Unit, Pattern, Site: The Space Packed Architecture of Alfred Neumann, 1949-1968." Diss. Princeton University, 2011. Abstract.

Alfred Neumann Fonds, compiled by Eva-Marie Neumann.

Curriculum Vitae, Alfred Neumann

Series I: Personal Papers

Subseries 1: Biographical

Box 7:

Folder 20

Birth certificates and copies

2 birth certificates, 2 copies (German, Czech)

1900, 1943

Box 7:

Folder 21

Biographies

Contains 10 biographies (English, French)

undated

Box 7:

Folder 22

CVs

Contains CVs In English, French, and German; with drafts, notes, and edits

1960s, undated

Box 7:

Folder 23

Legal papers

Military service (3 documents), divorce papers (2 documents), Czech citizenship papers (3 documents), Canadian social insurance cards (2), statement of salary/pay stub from Universite Laval, Quebec (German, Czech, French)

1920, 1921, 1948, 1949, 1965, 1960s

Box 7:

Folder 24

Passports and identification

Czech (3), Israeli (6), French identification card, German Reich legitimation (1940) (also contains negative copies)

1931-1968

Box 7:

Folder 25

Bank notes

Bank notes from Theresienstadt ghetto (Terezin); 20 notes in denominations of 50, 20, 10, 5, 2, 1 (Neumann was imprisoned here from January to May, 1945)

1943

Box 7:

Folder 26

Notes on Sigmund Neumann's factory

Contains notes on Neumann's father's business (German), possible drawings of the factory or office

undated

Box 7:

Folder 27

Homily for Neumann's funeral

Delivered by Father Alberas, October 1968

1968

Box 7:

Folder 28

Obituaries

Obituaries clipped from the French-Canadian newspaper Le Soleil (multiple copies)

1968

Subseries 2: School Papers

Shelf C017ft:

Box 10

Diploma

Original, from the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Vienna (signed by Peter Behrens, Rudolf Bacher, and Clemens Holzmeister)(German)

1925 July 1

Box 7:

Folder 29

Diplomas

Contains 2 diplomas from the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Vienna (signed by Peter Behrens, Rudolf Bacher, and Clemens Holzmeister), 5 copies and 5 negative copies (German)

1925, 1947

Box 7:

Folder 30

Certificates and assistanceship papers

Matriculation certificate, course certificates from the Deutsche Technische Hochschule in Brunn (8, with 2 negative copies), assistanceship papers (2, with 1 negative copy)

1908-1927

Box 7:

Folder 31

Behrens Prize

Contains 2 documents (German)

1924, 1947

Box 7:

Folder 32

Reference from Peter Behrens

Contains testimonial regarding Neumann's studies and work under Behrens (German)

1927

Box 7:

Folder 33

Portrait of Peter Behrens, by Max Liebermann

Possibly an etching; Liebermann was a printmaker known for his etchings and lithographs

undated

Box 7:

Folder 34

Reproductions of student architectural drawings

Contains photographic reproductions of drawings of bridges, buildings, building complexes, interiors, city plan, aerial views of cities, urban planning drawings for Breslau (Wroclaw), and a houseboat (33 photographs)

undated

Subseries 3: Photographs

Box 7:

Folder 35

Portrait photographs

Portraits; includes passport photos, copy of childhood photograph, possible studio portraits by photographer Frence Grubner (71 photographs, 3 negatives)

1940's, 1950's, 1960's, undated

Box 7:

Folder 36

Neumann with family and friends

Neumann and others (at Place d'Alger, Achziv, possibly York) (17 photographs)

1928, 1950's undated

Box 7:

Folder 37

Neumann with family and friends (photographic negatives)

Alfred, Naomi, Eva, and friends (negatives for 136 photographs)

1962-1963, undated

Box 7:

Folder 38

Family and friends

Family and friends, including Naomi Neumann, Zvi Hecker, Eldar Sharon, cats (35 photographs)

1962, 1963, undated

Box 7:

Folder 39

Photographs of Neumann at committees

Photographs of conferences and events attended by Neumann: Neumann with Max Bill, possibly at CIAM IX, 1953 (2 photographs); Arhziv, 1956 (22 photographs); Canada, 1960s (2 photographs and copies, with negatives); undated committee meeting, possibly CIAM VI (2 photographs)

1953, 1956, 1960s, undated

Box 7:

Folder 40

Photographs of Neumann teaching and working

Neumann with colleagues, possibly Zvi Hecker, 1962 (3 photographs); Neumann teaching, with Zvi Hecker and others, (1 photograph); Neumann teaching (4 photographs); Neumann with Le Corbusier, (1 photograph)

1962, undated

Subseries 4: Travel

Box 7:

Folder 41

Travel documents and notes

South Africa, Japan, France, Italy; includes boarding pass, visa applications, immigration papers, tourism permits, notes (including addresses, objectives, packing list) (11 items)

1939-1961, undated

Box 7:

Folder 42 to 43

Travel photographs (Europe, Asia, Canada, U.S.)

1 large envelope and 17 small envelopes containing a total of 551 photographs; includes travel to Britain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Japan, India, Boston, NY, other U.S. cities, Quebec

1959, 1960's, undated

Box 7:

Folder 44 to 47

Travels, photographic negatives (Canada, Israel, Asia, Europe)

Travel, 1: Montreal and Quebec (negatives for 36 photographs); 2: Quebec City (1962-1963) (negatives for 18 photographs); 3: Israel and others (negatives for 34 photographs); 4: Asia (negatives for 588 photographs); 5: Europe (negatives for 271 photographs); 6: possibly Israel (negatives for 226 photographs); 7: other travel (negatives for 270 photographs)

1962-1963, undated

Box 8:

Folder 1

Travel in Asia (slides)

Labeled 5 through 12, contains personal travel photographs (103 slides, originally from slide box 4, entitled Asia Travel)

undated

Box 8:

Folder 2

Postcards (Japan)

From travel in Japan (2 postard booklets, 3 postcard folders, 19 loose postcards)

1959

Subseries 5: Other Papers

Box 8:

Folder 3

Address books

Leather bound, pocket-sized, contain Parisian, Israeli, and Quebec City addresses; may have been used during travel (3 items)

undated

Box 8:

Folder 4

Notes

Includes addresses of correspondents, letterhead for Sigmund Neumann (includes 2 notepads)

1951, undated

Box 8:

Folder 5

Doodles

Mainly contains rough sketches and fragments of drawings not pertaining to projects or research

undated

Box 8:

Folder 6

Clippings

Newspaper and magazine articles, advertisements, and ephemera not pertaining to architecture

1940s, 1950s, 1960s

Box 8:

Folder 7

Ephemera

Includes Wesleyan University brochure, information card for the graphic artist Antonin Prochazka, reproduction of an unspecified building, other items possibly from travels to France, Japan, Italy, India, South Africa; includes postcards, business cards, pamphlets, map, menu

undated

Box 8:

Folder 8

Poem

Contains possible love poem (English)

undated

Box 8:

Folder 9

Plant matter

Contains 5 envelopes of four leaf clovers (some labeled 'Kleetshen von Fredl'), 1 envelope of large seeds and other plant fragments

undated

Box 8:

Folder 10

Naomi Neumann's student and professional papers

Contains a five year transcript for studies at the Technion (English), and brain-storming lists, a possible exercise pertaining to the architecture of tourism, for Universite Laval (French)

1966, 1967

Box 8:

Folder 11

Student architectural drawings, possibly by Andre Sive or another contemporary of Neumann

Contains photographic reproductions of drawings of buildings and of a city map (possibly for a project involving urban planning for the city of Berlin), some of which may have involved Neumann, but which were originally kept in a folder labeled Andre Sive (8 photographs)

undated

Drawer 198:

Folder 3

Sketch by a student

Contains 1 sketch dedicated to Neumann, probably by an Israeli student

1960

Drawer 198:

Folder 4

Reproductions of artworks

Contains Japanese artwork, 2 paintings by Israeli children

undated

Drawer 198:

Folder 5

Posters

Contains 2 Sao Paulo exhibition posters, poster for the 4th International Conference of Architectural Students in Copenhagen, Israeli poster featuring a poem in Hebrew with accompanying illustration

1954, 1957, undated

Series I: Project Records

Subseries 1: Drawings

A complete inventory of these drawings may be found in this downloadable Excel spreadsheet

Subseries 2: Files

Consists of proposals, reports, notes, correspondence, legal documents, and ephemera pertaining to projects. The files have been arranged alphabetically by Project Name.

A complete inventory of these files may be found in this downloadable Excel spreadsheet

Subseries 3: Photographs

A complete inventory of these photographs may be found in this downloadable Excel spreadsheet

Subseries 4: Model

Shelf Above 226ft:

Box 9

Model for unspecified project

Contains architectural model in 8 pieces, probably for space packing project; the box in which the model is stored has photographs of models for Achziv Holiday Village and another unknown project pasted to the inside lid and sides of the box

undated

Series II: Correspondence

Subseries 1: Alfred Neumann

Box 2:

Folder 67

Abram

2 notes (German)

undated

Box 2:

Folder 67

American Express

1 piece of correspondence (English)

1955

Box 2:

Folder 67

Andrews, John

3 letters (English)

1967, 1968

Box 2:

Folder 67

Baba, Shozo

1 letter addressed to Alfred, dated after his death (English)

1969

Box 2:

Folder 67

Bakema, J.B.

5 letters (mainly official CIAM correspondence) (French, English)

1953, 1954, 1957

Box 2:

Folder 67

Beer, Abraham

3 letters (English, German)

1953

Box 2:

Folder 68 to 69

Ben-Gera

24 pieces of correspondence (some include copies) (Hebrew)

1958, 1959, 1961, 1966, undated

Box 2:

Folder 70

Beugnet, Lucien

1 letter (French)

1951

Box 2:

Folder 70

Bland, John

2 letters (English)

1963, 1966

Box 2:

Folder 70

Bloc, Andre

5 letters (French)

1953, 1954, 1956

Box 2:

Folder 70

Bloc, Madame

1 note card (French)

1967

Box 2:

Folder 71

Bottero, Maria

4 letters, 1 containing enclosure of Neumann's paper Architecture as Ornament (English)

1968, undated

Box 2:

Folder 71

Breuil, Georges

3 letters (official Groupe Espace correspondence) (French)

1956, 1957

Box 2:

Folder 71

CIAM

7 letters (official CIAM correspondence) (French, English)

1951, 1952, 1955, 1957

Box 2:

Folder 71

Collins, L.R.

1 letter (English)

1951

Box 2:

Folder 72

Dameron, Michel

1 letter (French)

1968

Box 2:

Folder 72

Deinhard, Hanna

1 letter (German)

1956

Box 2:

Folder 72

Diamant-Berger, Renee

13 letters, some official Groupe Espace correspondence (French)

1953-1957, undated

Box 2:

Folder 73

Dollander, Serge

1 letter (French)

1966

Box 2:

Folder 73

Drapkin, Leonard

1 letter (American Society for Technion) (English)

1966

Box 2:

Folder 73

Editor (unspecified publication)

1 draft (English)

undated

Box 2:

Folder 73

Ephraim, E.

1 piece of correspondence (English)

1955

Box 2:

Folder 73

Ester

1 letter (Ester may be a first name) (Czech)

1951

Box 2:

Folder 73

Fooks, Ernest

1 letter (German)

1949

Box 2:

Folder 73

Forbat, Fred

5 letters (Swedish CIAM correspondence) (English)

1952

Box 2:

Folder 73

Forestier, Pierre

3 pieces of correspondence (2 letters, 1 draf) (French)

1967, undated

Box 2:

Folder 73

Fourment, B.

1 letter (English)

1953

Box 2:

Folder 73

Frank, S.

1 letter (German)

1961

Box 2:

Folder 73

Friedman, Yona

4 letters, with copies (English, French)

1957, 1958, 1965, undated

Box 2:

Folder 73

Fux, Leon

1 letter (English)

1955

Box 2:

Folder 74

Gerard, Gilbert

1 letter (German)

1954

Box 2:

Folder 74

Gerson-Kiwi, E.

3 letters (English)

1955, undated

Box 2:

Folder 74

Giedion, Siegfried

6 letters (official CIAM correspondence) (English, French)

1953-1956, undated

Box 2:

Folder 74

Gillespie, Patricia

1 letter addressed to Alfred, dated after his death (English)

1969

Box 2:

Folder 74

Ginsberg, Jean

1 letter, 1 draft (French, English)

1936

Box 2:

Folder 74

Ginzburg, Devora

3 pieces of correspondence (2 postcards, 1 letter) (German, English)

1954, 1955

Box 2:

Folder 74

Goering, Peter

6 letters, including some letters written on behalf of Alfred by his wife Naomi (English)

1967, 1968

Box 2:

Folder 75

Goldberg, Alexander

6 pieces of correspondence (5 letters, 1 telegram) (English, Hebrew)

1965, 1966, 1968, undated

Box 2:

Folder 75

Gorsline, Lester

1 letter accompanied by 2 letters of Zvi Hecker, and paper, patent report, and architectural drawings pertaining to suspended structures (English)

1966

Box 2:

Folder 75

Goulden, Gontran

1 letter (English)

1951

Box 2:

Folder 75

Gropius, Walter

1 letter (official CIAM correspondence; also signed by JL Sert, Siegfried Giedion, and J Tyrwhitt) (English)

1957

Box 2:

Folder 75

Grossman, J.

1 letter (English)

1956

Box 2:

Folder 75

Groupe Espace

4 letters (French)

1954-1956

Box 3:

Folder 1 to 7

Grubner, Frence

93 pieces of correspondence, includes letters and telegrams (5 letters contain pressed flowers or plants and are kept in a separate folder, labeled 15b) (German, 1 note in English)

1951-1962, undated

Box 3:

Folder 8

Hana

2 letters (English)

1954

Box 3:

Folder 8

Hancock, David

2 letters (English)

1966

Box 3:

Folder 8

Hancock, Noel

1 letter (English)

1963

Box 3:

Folder 8

Hashimshony, A.

2 pieces of correspondence (1 letter, 1 telgram) (English)

1966

Box 3:

Folder 8

Hayman, Ethel

1 telegram (English)

1951

Box 3:

Folder 8

Hayman, John

1 telegram (English)

1951

Box 3:

Folder 8

Hebrew Institute of Technology, director

1 letter (English)

1952

Box 3:

Folder 8

Hecker, Zvi, and Grinberg, Eddie

1 letter (English)

1954

Box 3:

Folder 8

Hecker, Zvi, and Sharon, Eldar

1 letter (English)

1959

Box 3:

Folder 9 to 15

Hecker, Zvi

125 letters, including enclosures (some letters may pertain to projects such as the synagogue in the Negev desert) (many letters from September1966 onwards are written on behalf of Alfred by his wife Naomi) (English, Hebrew)

1965-1968, undated

Box 3:

Folder 16

Holzl

4 letters (German)

1954

Box 3:

Folder 16

Honegger, Denis and Marie

2 pieces of correspondence (French)

1966

Box 3:

Folder 16

Honegger, J.J.

5 letters (official CIAM correspondence) (French)

1952, 1953, 1955, 1957, undated

Box 3:

Folder 16

Israel Information Services

1 piece of correspondece, includes pamphlets on Jerusalem and on threats to the Israeli state (English)

1967

Box 3:

Folder 16

Jaquet

1 draft (English)

undated

Box 3:

Folder 17

Jordan, Henry

20 pieces of correspondence, includes letters, postcards, and enclosure (English, French)

1948, 1949, 1953, 1955, undated

Box 3:

Folder 18

Jordan, O.

2 pieces of correspondence (English)

1948

Box 3:

Folder 18

Jordan, Valerie

11 pieces of correspondence, includes letters and postcards (English)

1953, 1955

Box 3:

Folder 19

Kahn, Luis

1 letter (English)

1963

Box 3:

Folder 19

Kaplan, Kate

5 letters (Engish)

1964, 1966, undated

Box 3:

Folder 19

Kurzweil, B.

1 letter (German)

1966

Box 3:

Folder 19

Labbe, Andre

1 letter (French)

1964

Box 3:

Folder 19

Laffaille, Bernard

1 letter (French)

1954

Box 3:

Folder 19

Lafoy, M.

1 letter (French)

1954

Box 3:

Folder 19

Langer, Karl

2 letters (English)

1968

Box 3:

Folder 19

L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui

2 pieces of correspondence (French)

1955, 1956

Box 3:

Folder 19

Le Corbusier

1 letter (official CIAM correspondence; also signed by Siegried Giedion and J. Tyrwhitt) (English)

1952

Box 3:

Folder 19

Lee, Shin-Pok

2 letters (English)

1967

Box 3:

Folder 19

Leni, Ilana

6 letters, 1 draft (Hebrew, English); includes enclosure of notice for regolo d'oro research competition (Italian)

1966

Box 3:

Folder 19

Levesque, Raymond

1 card (French)

undated

Box 3:

Folder 19

Levitt, Israel

3 letters (English)

1954, 1955

Box 3:

Folder 19

Levy

2 drafts, possible enclosure of CIAM report (English, German)

undated

Box 3:

Folder 20

Lubetkin, Berthold

3 letters (English)

1948, 1950

Box 3:

Folder 20

Lytle, R.B.

2 letters (English)

1967

Box 3:

Folder 20

Maier, Joachim

2 letters (English)

1954

Box 3:

Folder 20

Mainguy, Noel

10 pieces of correspondence, includes letters, drafts (French, German)

1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, undated

Box 3:

Folder 20

Man Ray

1 letter (English)

1956

Box 3:

Folder 20

Mansfeld, Al.

2 pieces of correspondence (1 letter, 1 telegram) (English)

1966

Box 3:

Folder 20

Manz, Theo

1 letter (German)

1952

Box 3:

Folder 20

Maquet, E.

2 letters (French)

1963

Box 3:

Folder 20

Maxwell-Scott

1 letter (French)

undated

Box 3:

Folder 20

Mayer, J.P.

1 letter, includes mathematical charts (French)

1958

Box 3:

Folder 21

Meeks, Carroll

1 piece of correspondence (English)

1958

Box 3:

Folder 21

Menkes, Edouard

1 letter (French)

1954

Box 3:

Folder 21

Mercier, Jeanne

1 letter (English)

undated

Box 3:

Folder 21

Miasaka, Shukichi

1 card (English)

undated

Box 3:

Folder 21

Muschenheim, William

15 letters (some later letters are written on behalf of Alfred by his wife Naomi) (English)

1966-1968

Box 3:

Folder 21

Musee du Quebec

1 invitation (French)

1967

Box 3:

Folder 22

Neikirk, Claire

1 letter (English)

1967

Box 3:

Folder 22

Neumann, Sigmund

1 letter (English)

1959

Box 3:

Folder 22

Nitzchke, Oscar

1 letter (English)

1967

Box 3:

Folder 22

Norberg-Schulz, Chr.

1 letter (official CIAM correspondence) (English)

1952

Box 3:

Folder 22

Olsen, Donald

1 letter (English)

1959

Box 3:

Folder 22

Ostblum, G.

4 letters (English)

1949

Box 3:

Folder 22

Partos, P.F.

2 letters (German)

1955

Box 3:

Folder 22

Paskowitz, Adrian

2 letters (English)

1954, undated

Box 3:

Folder 22

Ponti, Gio

1 letter (English), with enclosure of notice for regolo d'oro research competition (Italian)

1966

Box 3:

Folder 22

Poseuer, J.

3 letters (English)

1959

Box 3:

Folder 22

Puteaux, Maurice

1 letter (French)

1931

Box 3:

Folder 22

Quiroga, Juan

7 letters (English and Spanish)

1966, 1967

Box 3:

Folder 23

Ratner, Jochanan

4 letters (French, English)

1952, 1953, 1963

Box 3:

Folder 23

Rau

5 letters (German)

1951, 1954, 1956

Box 3:

Folder 23

Rey, R.

1 letter (official CIAM correspondence) (French)

1955

Box 3:

Folder 23

Riesman, Eugene

2 letters (English)

1968

Box 3:

Folder 23

Robinson, Harold

1 letter (English)

1956

Box 3:

Folder 23

Rohatyn, F. Sh.

2 letters (English)

1966

Box 3:

Folder 23

Rosen, Maurice

1 letter (English)

1965

Box 3:

Folder 23

Roth, Alfred

6 pieces of correspondence, includes letters, telegrams, official CIAM correspondence (German, English)

1955, 1957, undated

Box 3:

Folder 23

Roy, Jean-Marie

1 invitation (French)

1966

Box 3:

Folder 23

Rubin, Carl

1 letter (German)

1950

Box 3:

Folder 24

Safdie, Moshe

11 letters (English)

1966-1968, undated

Box 3:

Folder 24

Salomonson

1 letter (German)

1951

Box 3:

Folder 24

Sandri, Domenico

1 letter (Italian)

1965

Box 3:

Folder 24

Schiff, F.

5 letters (German, French, English)

1949, 1955, 1960, 1962, undated

Box 3:

Folder 24

Schiller, Uriel

2 letters (German)

1954, undated

Box 3:

Folder 24

Schottlaender, Victor

1 letter (German)

1949

Box 3:

Folder 24

Seminario internazionale estivo di architettura

1 pamphlet (Italian)

1959

Box 3:

Folder 24

Senator

1 letter, includes copies (German)

1952

Box 3:

Folder 25

Sert, Jose Luis

5 letters, includes official CIAM correspondence (English)

1957, 1962, 1964, 1967, undated

Box 3:

Folder 25

Shalon, Rachel

1 letter (English)

1966

Box 3:

Folder 25

Shapira, Nathan

3 pieces of correspondence (2 drafts, 1 letter) (French, German, English)

1962, undated

Box 3:

Folder 25

Shapiro

1 draft (English)

undated

Box 3:

Folder 25

Sharon, Eldar

4 pieces of correspondence (3 letters, 1 note) (English, German)

1952, 1968, undated

Box 3:

Folder 25

Singer, Oscar

3 letters (English)

1955, undated

Box 3:

Folder 25

Sive, Andre

4 letters (French)

1948, 1950, 1953, undated

Box 3:

Folder 25

Soltan, Jerzy

1 proposal letter (CIAM) (English)

undated

Box 3:

Folder 25

Southern Business Publications Limited

1 piece of correspondence dated after the death of Alfred (English)

1969

Box 3:

Folder 25

Steif, Franz

4 letters (German)

1956, 1961, 1962

Box 3:

Folder 26

Sternheim, Anni

29 pieces of correspondence, includes letters, notes, and telegrams (German, English)

1950, 1951-1953, undated

Box 3:

Folder 27

Stricker, Stefan

2 letters (German)

1966

Box 3:

Folder 27

Summer Institute India

1 piece of correspondence, includes pamphlet (English)

undated

Box 3:

Folder 27

Toni

17 pieces of correspondence, includes, letters, postcards, telgrams (English, German)

1954, 1955

Box 3:

Folder 27

Tumarkin, Igael

1 letter (Hebrew)

1968

Box 3:

Folder 27

Unger, Y.K.

1 letter (German)

1955

Box 3:

Folder 27

Union of South Africa, office of the commissioner

1 letter pertaining to immigration, with 2 copies (English)

1939

Box 3:

Folder 27

Universite Laval

1 invitation (French)

undated

Box 3:

Folder 28

Unknown correspondents

Correspondents unknown or illegible, includes possible drafts, envelopes (29 items) (English, French, German)

1953-1956, 1959, 1969, 1963, undated

Box 3:

Folder 28b

Unknown correspondents (Hebrew)

Correspondents unknown; includes much Technion correspondence, possibly pertaining to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering project (103 items) (Hebrew)

1950-1970, undated

Box 3:

Folder 28c

Enclosures from unknown correspondents (Hebrew)

Contains enclosures for unknown letters mainly consisting of documents in Hebrew, possibly pertaining to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering project (16 items, 14 of which are packets) (Hebrew)

1954, 1960, 1962, 1964-1966, undated

Box 3:

Folder 29

Vago, Pierre

1 letter (French)

1963

Box 3:

Folder 29

van Leer, P.

1 letter (English)

1958

Box 3:

Folder 29

Ventura

1 letter (French)

1955

Box 3:

Folder 29

Wachsman, Konrad

1 draft (German)

undated

Box 3:

Folder 29

Weinberg, Paul

1 letter (English)

1966

Box 3:

Folder 29

Weinraub, Efratia

1 letter (German)

undated

Box 3:

Folder 29

Weinraub, Munio

1 letter (Hebrew)

1954

Box 3:

Folder 29

Weissmann

1 letter (German)

1955

Box 3:

Folder 29

Wesleyan University

1 letter (English)

1962

Box 3:

Folder 29

Wester

1 letter (French)

1955

Box 3:

Folder 29

Wiener, Lester

1 letter (English)

1949

Box 3:

Folder 29

Wogenscky, A.

6 letters, including official ASCORAL correspondence (French)

1953, 1954, 1955, undated

Box 3:

Folder 29

Zevi, Bruno

1 notepad containing draft, partial drafts, notes (German)

undated

Subseries 2: Naomi Neumann

Box 3:

Folder 30

Adamson, Jerry

1 letter (English)

1969

Box 3:

Folder 30

Association des etudiants de l'ecole d'architecture de l'universite Laval

2 pieces of correspondence (1 letter, 1 card) (French)

1968

Box 3:

Folder 30

Axworthy, Lloyd

1 letter (English)

1969

Box 3:

Folder 30

Baba, Shozo

3 letters (English)

1969

Box 3:

Folder 30

Ben-Sira, J.

1 letter (English)

1966

Box 3:

Folder 30

Bernier, Benoit

2 drafts (English, French)

undated

Box 3:

Folder 30

Birenbaum

1 telegram (English)

1968

Box 3:

Folder 30

Bottero, Maria

2 letters (English)

1968

Box 3:

Folder 30

Colboc, Pierre

1 letter (French)

undated

Box 3:

Folder 31

Dameron, Michel

1 letter (English)

1968

Box 3:

Folder 31

Dekan-Doyen, Shklarsky

2 telegrams (English)

1968

Box 3:

Folder 31

Desbarats, Guy

2 letters (French)

1968

Box 3:

Folder 31

Doelle, Leslie

2 letters (English)

1968

Box 3:

Folder 31

Drexler/Drechsler, J.

2 letters (English, Hebrew)

1966, undated

Box 3:

Folder 31

Durand, Luc

2 letters (French)

1968

Box 3:

Folder 31

Forestier, Pierre

2 pieces of correspondence (1 letter, 1 note) (French)`

1985, undated

Box 3:

Folder 31

Fournier, Gerald

1 letter (French)

1968

Box 3:

Folder 32

Gillespie, Patricia

1 letter (English)

1969

Box 3:

Folder 32

Girardin, Pierre

2 drafts (English, French)

undated

Box 3:

Folder 32

Goering, Peter (and Beryl)

5 letters, includes enclosure of photographs of octahedrons (English)

1967, 1968, 1970, undated

Box 3:

Folder 32

Grubner, Frence

5 letters (German, English)

1969, 1970

Box 3:

Folder 32

Hecker, Zvi

2 letters (English)

1966, 1968

Box 3:

Folder 32

Hellyer, Paul

1 letter, written with Zvi Hecker (English)

1969

Box 3:

Folder 33

Larochelle, Pierre

2 drafts (English, French)

undated

Box 3:

Folder 33

Lemieux, Reynald

1 letter (French)

1968

Box 3:

Folder 33

Levesque, Raymond

2 drafts (English, French)

undated

Box 3:

Folder 33

Maillard, Alain

2 drafts (English, French)

undated

Box 3:

Folder 33

McMurich, Norman

1 letter (English)

1968

Box 3:

Folder 33

Morisset, Pierre

1 telegram (French)

1968

Box 3:

Folder 33

Muschenheim, William

11 letters (one of which contains a brochure regarding architecture at the University of Illinois) (English)

1968-1971

Box 3:

Folder 33

Nicole, Frank

1 letter (English)

1969

Box 3:

Folder 34

Parent, Alphonse-Marie

2 letters (French)

1968

Box 3:

Folder 34

Quiroga, Juan

4 letters (English, Spanish)

1968, 1969

Box 3:

Folder 34

Risi, Joseph

2 letters (French)

1968

Box 3:

Folder 34

Rolerges, Gilles

1 card (French)

1968

Box 4:

Folder 1

Safdie, Moshe

6 letters (English)

1966, 1967, 1968

Box 4:

Folder 1

Schwarz, Alfred

2 letters (German)

1970, 1971

Box 4:

Folder 1

Sharon, Eldar

1 letter (English)

undated

Box 4:

Folder 1

Strub, H.E.

1 letter, includes enclosure of 2 letters from Strub to other correspondents (English)

1967

Box 4:

Folder 2

Technion

1 piece of correspondence (English)

1969

Box 4:

Folder 2

Tsherniak, V.

1 letter (English)

1967

Box 4:

Folder 2

Tumarkin, Igael

3 letters (English, Hebrew)

1968

Box 4:

Folder 2

Unitarian Service Committee of Canada

1 card (English)

1968

Box 4:

Folder 2

Unknown correspondents

5 pieces of correspondence (includes information packet on Israeli architecture) (English)

1968, undated

Box 4:

Folder 2

Whyte, Lancelot Law

4 letters, includes draft (English)

1966, 1967

Box 4:

Folder 2

Zvilna, Jekabs

1 letter (English)

1968

Subseries 3: Others

Box 4:

Folder 3

Bakema, J.B.

1 letter (official CIAM correspondence) (English)

1957

Box 4:

Folder 3

Baker, Joseph

1 telegram (French)

1968

Box 4:

Folder 3

Bland, John

1 telegram (English)

1968

Box 4:

Folder 3

Bodiansky, Vladimir

1 letter (French)

1952

Box 4:

Folder 3

Dori, Y.

2 letters (English)

1956, 1959

Box 4:

Folder 3

Floersheim, Ruth

2 letters (German)

1951

Box 4:

Folder 3

Ghys, R.

1 letter (French)

1959

Box 4:

Folder 3

Gropius, Walter

2 letters (English)

1953, 1956

Box 4:

Folder 3

Grubner, Frence

1 letter (German)

1959

Box 4:

Folder 4

Hecker, Zvi

10 letters (English, Hebrew)

1966, 1969, 1970

Box 4:

Folder 5

Le Corbusier

1 letter (official CIAM correspondence) (English)

1956

Box 4:

Folder 5

Levy, M.

3 letters (French, English)

1953, 1955

Box 4:

Folder 5

Provincial Museum, Brno-Moravia

1 letter fragment (Czech)

undated

Box 4:

Folder 5

Quat, J.

1 letter (English)

1959

Box 4:

Folder 5

Sive, Andre

1 letter (French)

1953

Box 4:

Folder 5

Sternheimn, Anni

2 pieces of correspondence (1 postcard, 1 letter) (German, English)

1951

Box 4:

Folder 5

Stewart, G.F.

1 letter (English, Hebrew)

1961

Box 4:

Folder 5

Unknown correspondents (Hebrew)

3 letters (Hebrew)

1969, 1970

Box 4:

Folder 5

Wachsman, Konrad

3 letters, includes enclosure of texts for lectures (English)

1955, 1956

Series III: Professional Papers

Box 4:

Folder 6

Bat Yam medal

Small medal in wooden case depicting Bat Yam city hall, with Hebrew inscription (perhaps given as an award from the state of Israel, as the case is inscribed with the Israeli coat of arms)

undated

Drawer 198:

Folder 1

Concorso ricerca regolo d'oro, diploma di merito, plaque

Research competition award sponsored by Brenta Precompressi; metal plaque awarded to Neumann and Zvi Hecker (Italian) (does not fit in folder; must be placed in box horizontally)

1966

Box 4:

Folder 7

CIAM V

Plan of urban reorganization (French)

1937

Box 4:

Folder 8 to 9

Studies of the Czechoslovakian Group CIAM

Spiral bound booklet, prepared by Neumann, Bohuslav Fuchs, and Emanuel Hruska, from the Country Research and Planning Institute in Brno; contains city planning studies for Prague, Zlin, and Ostrava (was produced for CIAM VI at Bridgwater)(2 copies)

1947

Box 4:

Folder 10

CIAM VIII

Excerpt from the proceedings of CIAM VIII (possibly remarks made by Le Corbusier) (French)

1951

Box 4:

Folder 11

CIAM summer school

Includes informational pamphlets regarding the CIAM International Summer School of Architecture in Venice, and explanation of the rationale for the program (English, French, Italian)

1952, 1953, 1954

Box 4:

Folder 12

CIAM activities, Switzerland

Includes interoffice memorandum regarding upcoming housing exhibit in the Palais des Nations, Geneva; a list provided by the Zurich CIAM group entitled Modern Buildings in Zurich; section of possible Swiss architecture periodical Viele Bauen Alle Wohnen (English, German)

1952, 1955, undated

Box 4:

Folder 13

CIAM activities before CIAM IX

Includes program for CIAM congress in Sigtuna, Sweden, and statement on habitat from CIAM meeting in Doorn, the Netherlands (English)

1952, 1954

Box 4:

Folder 14

CIAM IX preparations

Packet contains logistical information and topics for discussion for CIAM IX (English)

1953

Box 4:

Folder 15

CIAM IX documents

Includes lengthy committee report and itinerary, for CIAM in Aix-en-Provence (French)

July, 1953

Box 4:

Folder 16

CIAM IX, the habitat

Contains 3 thematic programs pertaining to the habitat, and report on the habitat by the Dutch group Opbouw of Rotterdam, for CIAM in Aix-en-Provence (French, English)

1953, 1954

Box 4:

Folder 17

CIAM meeting at La Sarraz

Includes announcement of the meeting and its objectives, report of the meeting, and contributions of the Dutch groups "de 8" and "Opbouw" (English, French)

1955

Box 4:

Folder 18

CIRPAC meeting (CIAM)

Includes minutes of meeting in Paris of the Comite International pour la Resolution des Problemes de l'Architecture Contemporaine (the elected executive body of CIAM), and report on the Portuguese group of delegates to CIAM (English)

July, 1955

Box 4:

Folder 19

CIAM X preparations

Contains papers providing logistical information and objectives for CIAM X, material in review of the meeting at La Sarraz, and discussion related to the theme of CIAM X (the habitat); directive of Le Corbusier; summary of group and member reactions to directives, with commentary (11 documents) (French, English)

1954, 1955, 1956

Box 4:

Folder 20

CIAM X, message of Le Corbusier

Address regarding the historical development of the group, its various "generations," and an appeal to members (English)

July, 1956

Box 4:

Folder 21

CIAM X documents

Includes orientation packet, schedule, minutes of committee meetings and work schedule (2 documents), committee report (2 copies), list of addresses of members of the council and delegates of CIAM groups (3 copies), selected texts and extracts (2 documents) (English, French)

August, 1956

Box 4:

Folder 22

CIAM X, the habitat

Includes the following: prolegomena for a charter of the habitat (1 document), the charter of the habitat (3 documents), a critical appraisal of the habitat at present (3 documents), the present situation of the habitat (2 documents), timeline of the habitat (1 document), delegate to the habitat subcommittee (1 document), for CIAM X in Dubrovnik (French, English)

August, 1956

Box 4:

Folder 23

CIAM X, other topics

Includes session reports on the topics of urbanism (1 document), the cluster (2 documents), mobility (2 documents), change and growth (4 documents),the mobile city (1 document prepared by the group "Cite" of France), for CIAM X in Dubrovnik (English, French)

August, 1956

Box 4:

Folder 24

CIAM X, report of work done by Dutch CIAM groups

Packet includes reports undertaken in preparation for CIAM X, by the group "de 8" and the group "Opbouw," both of the Netherlands (English, French, Dutch)

August, 1956

Box 4:

Folder 25

CIAM X, report on the reconstruction of downtown Rotterdam

Paper prepared by Director J. Rutgers of the General Assembly of GEP in Amsterdam, possibly intended to be delivered as a lecture at CIAM X (German)

1956

Box 4:

Folder 26

CIAM X, report on the definition of community

Report issued by the Planning Workshop of New York, a group dedicated to the theory of planning (English)

June, 1955

Box 4:

Folder 27

CIAM, proposal for the group's reorganization

Contains 2 proposals issued in the wake of CIAM X, questionnaire regarding planned reorganization of CIAM, plans for a meeting at La Sarraz regarding reorganization, list of excerpts of letters regarding reorganization, list of individual members (French, English)

1956, 1957

Box 4:

Folder 28

CIAM lectures

Drafts for 2 lectures possibly delivered by Neumann at CIAM meetings (both lectures appear to be related to Neumann's book L'Humanisation de l'espace, and his studies of morphological architecture and proportion (German, English)

undated

Box 4:

Folder 29

CIAM notes

Neumann's notes on CIAM-related topics, includes list of member addresses, timeline (German, English, French)

undated

Box 4:

Folder 30

CIAM address lists

2 address lists for members of the council of CIAM, CIAM groups and their delegates, and groups in formation (English)

1952, 1955

Box 4:

Folder 31

Groupe d'Etudes d'Architecture Mobile

Contains an invitation to a group meeting in Paris (French)

1959

Box 4:

Folder 32

Groupe Espace

Includes packet containing list of active members, affiliates, and subgroups; list of members submitting their candidacy to the committee; selected group policies; proposition of Victor Vasarely consisting of questionnaire; summary of general assembly meeting containing group manifesto (French)

1952, 1953

Box 4:

Folder 33

Japan Architects Association

Memo entitled Problem of Modular Coordination in Japan, and pamphlet outlining history, objectives, and activities for this and other Japanese architectural associations (English)

1958, undated

Box 4:

Folder 34

La Societe des Architectes de la Region de Quebec

Committee meeting itineraries (3 documents) (French)

1965, 1966

Box 4:

Folder 35

Documents in Hebrew

Contains pamphlets, brochures, and other documents possibly pertaining to Neumann's work at the Technion (Hebrew)

1957, 1967, undated

Box 4:

Folder 36

Notes for the Montreal Exhibition

Includes notes and programmatic outlines for a "morphological expose of human evolution and its relationship to the environment," also includes outline for a related paper, sketch (English, German, French)

undated

Box 4:

Folder 37

Notes for exhibitions

Includes notes for a furniture exhibition, plans for an exhibition of unspecified topic (English, German)

undated

Box 4:

Folder 38

Notes for a lecture on design, accompanied by drawing of Sigmund Neumann's factory

Notepad contains lecture notes and related notes on the topic of design, other writings, and a drawing of Neumann's father's factory building; also includes mathematical calculations, sketches of buildings, floor plans, furniture (German, French, English)

undated

Box 4:

Folder 39

Lecture notes

Contains notes for a lecture in Toronto on containers and tools, notes for a lecture at the First Conference on Man, notes for a lecture on ornament in architecture at a pedagogical committee, and notes for a lecture in Quebec entitled Containers, or the World of Containers (1962) (French, English)

1962, undated

Box 4:

Folder 40

Lecture notes, unspecified

Contains lecture notes of unspecified date or venue, mainly for conferences and committee meetings; includes notes for lectures on architectural space, architecture theory, polyhedrons, and unspecified topics (English, French, German)

undated

Box 4:

Folder 41

Invitations to Neumann's lectures

Contains invitation cards to Neumann's lecture "An Architect's Impressions on a World Tour" at the Honors College, Wesleyan, and invitations to Neumann's conference on modern French architecture in Jerusalem (English, French, Hebrew)

1958, undated

Box 4:

Folder 42

Proposal for a microclimatic survey

Contains 2 proposals, 2 drafts pertaining to a survey of the Jerusalem Corridor region (English)

undated

Box 4:

Folder 43

Israel climate and landscape notes

Contains notes entitled Mikroklima, notes entitled Topography, further notes (German)

undated

Box 4:

Folder 44

Land reclamation program for the Jerusalem corridor

Contains 2 reports (German)

undated

Box 4:

Folder 45

Remarks on dune formation on the Palestinian coast

Contains 2 reports, 2 accompanying sketches (German)

undated

Container A092m.04:

Roll 1

Topographical maps of Israel

Contains 27 maps, pertaining to roads, railways, population centers, land allocation, and natural resources

undated

Drawer 198:

Folder 2

Topographical drawings

Contains 2 drawings of an unspecified area

undated

Box 4:

Folder 46

Bibliographies and lists of publications

Contains bibliographies and drafts, list of books, bibliography for Zvi Hecker (English, French)

undated

Box 4:

Folder 47

Recommendations

Letters of reference written on behalf of Neumann by teachers and colleagues (6 letters, written by the architects Jacques Guiauchain, Auguste Perret, and Charles Siclis, the architecture firm Kallenbach, Kennedy, and Furner, and the Provincial Study and Planning Institute in Brno, with copies and photographic reproductions of the letters)

1925, 1928, 1929, 1936, 1948

Box 4:

Folder 6

Bat Yam medal

Small medal in wooden case depicting Bat Yam city hall, with Hebrew inscription (perhaps given as an award from the state of Israel, as the case is inscribed with the Israeli coat of arms)

undated

Drawer 198:

Folder 1

Concorso ricerca regolo d'oro, diploma di merito, plaque

Research competition award sponsored by Brenta Precompressi; metal plaque awarded to Neumann and Zvi Hecker (Italian) (does not fit in folder; must be placed in box horizontally)

1966

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Folder 7

CIAM V

Plan of urban reorganization (French)

1937

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Folder 8 to 9

Studies of the Czechoslovakian Group CIAM

1947

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Folder 10

CIAM VIII

Excerpt from the proceedings of CIAM VIII (possibly remarks made by Le Corbusier) (French)

1951

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Folder 11

CIAM summer school

Includes informational pamphlets regarding the CIAM International Summer School of Architecture in Venice, and explanation of the rationale for the program (English, French, Italian)

1952, 1953, 1954

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Folder 12

CIAM activities, Switzerland

1952, 1955, undated

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Folder 13

CIAM activities before CIAM IX

Includes program for CIAM congress in Sigtuna, Sweden, and statement on habitat from CIAM meeting in Doorn, the Netherlands (English)

1952, 1954

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Folder 14

CIAM IX preparations

Packet contains logistical information and topics for discussion for CIAM IX (English)

1953

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Folder 15

CIAM IX documents

Includes lengthy committee report and itinerary, for CIAM in Aix-en-Provence (French)

July, 1953

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Folder 16

CIAM IX, the habitat

Contains 3 thematic programs pertaining to the habitat, and report on the habitat by the Dutch group Opbouw of Rotterdam, for CIAM in Aix-en-Provence (French, English)

1953, 1954

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Folder 17

CIAM meeting at La Sarraz

Includes announcement of the meeting and its objectives, report of the meeting, and contributions of the Dutch groups "de 8" and "Opbouw" (English, French)

1955

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Folder 18

CIRPAC meeting (CIAM)

July, 1955

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Folder 19

CIAM X preparations

1954, 1955, 1956

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Folder 20

CIAM X, message of Le Corbusier

Address regarding the historical development of the group, its various "generations," and an appeal to members (English)

July, 1956

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Folder 21

CIAM X documents

August, 1956

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Folder 22

CIAM X, the habitat

August, 1956

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Folder 23

CIAM X, other topics

August, 1956

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Folder 24

CIAM X, report of work done by Dutch CIAM groups

Packet includes reports undertaken in preparation for CIAM X, by the group "de 8" and the group "Opbouw," both of the Netherlands (English, French, Dutch)

August, 1956

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Folder 25

CIAM X, report on the reconstruction of downtown Rotterdam

Paper prepared by Director J. Rutgers of the General Assembly of GEP in Amsterdam, possibly intended to be delivered as a lecture at CIAM X (German)

1956

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Folder 26

CIAM X, report on the definition of community

Report issued by the Planning Workshop of New York, a group dedicated to the theory of planning (English)

June, 1955

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Folder 27

CIAM, proposal for the group's reorganization

1956, 1957

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Folder 28

CIAM lectures

undated

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Folder 29

CIAM notes

Neumann's notes on CIAM-related topics, includes list of member addresses, timeline (German, English, French)

undated

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Folder 30

CIAM address lists

2 address lists for members of the council of CIAM, CIAM groups and their delegates, and groups in formation (English)

1952, 1955

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Folder 31

Groupe d'Etudes d'Architecture Mobile

Contains an invitation to a group meeting in Paris (French)

1959

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Folder 32

Groupe Espace

1952, 1953

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Folder 33

Japan Architects Association

Memo entitled Problem of Modular Coordination in Japan, and pamphlet outlining history, objectives, and activities for this and other Japanese architectural associations (English)

1958, undated

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Folder 34

La Societe des Architectes de la Region de Quebec

Committee meeting itineraries (3 documents) (French)

1965, 1966

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Folder 35

Documents in Hebrew

Contains pamphlets, brochures, and other documents possibly pertaining to Neumann's work at the Technion (Hebrew)

1957, 1967, undated

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Folder 36

Notes for the Montreal Exhibition

undated

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Folder 37

Notes for exhibitions

Includes notes for a furniture exhibition, plans for an exhibition of unspecified topic (English, German)

undated

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Folder 38

Notes for a lecture on design, accompanied by drawing of Sigmund Neumann's factory

undated

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Folder 39

Lecture notes

1962, undated

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Folder 40

Lecture notes, unspecified

undated

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Folder 41

Invitations to Neumann's lectures

1958, undated

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Folder 42

Proposal for a microclimatic survey

Contains 2 proposals, 2 drafts pertaining to a survey of the Jerusalem Corridor region (English)

undated

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Folder 43

Israel climate and landscape notes

Contains notes entitled Mikroklima, notes entitled Topography, further notes (German)

undated

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Folder 44

Land reclamation program for the Jerusalem corridor

Contains 2 reports (German)

undated

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Folder 45

Remarks on dune formation on the Palestinian coast

Contains 2 reports, 2 accompanying sketches (German)

undated

A 092m.04:

Roll 1

Topographical maps of Israel

Contains 27 maps, pertaining to roads, railways, population centers, land allocation, and natural resources

undated

Drawer 198:

Folder 2

Topographical drawings

Contains 2 drawings of an unspecified area

undated

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Folder 46

Bibliographies and lists of publications

Contains bibliographies and drafts, list of books, bibliography for Zvi Hecker (English, French)

undated

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Folder 47

Recommendations

1925, 1928, 1929, 1936, 1948

Series IV: Writings and Notes

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Folder 48

Articles written for Viennese newspapers

Contains photographic reproductions of 2 articles written by Neumann early in his career, entitled Buhnebild-Raumbuhne (in Tagesbote), and Stromungen in der bildenden Kunst der Gegenwart (in Moderne Kultur); also includes Neumann's order forms for the copies and notes (German)

1920s

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Folder 49

Journal of the Association of Engineers and Architects in Israel, vol. 10, no. 3

Neumann's article On Planning, page 3 (Hebrew, English)

January, 1953

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Folder 50

Architectural Institute of Japan, vol. 73, no. 863

Neumann's paper The Humanization of Space, the M-Phi System (Japanese language architecture periodical)

1958

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Folder 51

RAIC Journal (Royal Architectural Institute of Canada), vol. 40, no. 5

Neumann's article Morphologic Architecture, pages 40-47 (English language architecture periodical) (4 copies)

May, 1963

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Folder 52

Architecture Canada (Journal RAIC), vol. 45, no. 11

Neumann's article Irrational Factors in Building Industrialization, page 37 (English language architecture periodical)

November, 1968

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Folder 53

M-Phi book

Neumann's paper L'Humanisation de l'espace: le systeme M-Phi published in book form, with copy (French)

1956

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Folder 54

M-Phi illustrations

Contains 4 pages of illustrations, included in the book L'Humanisation de l'espace: le systeme M-Phi

1950s

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Folder 55

M-Phi, final drafts

Contains 6 final drafts, 4 of which are bound and contain illustrations (English)

1950s

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Folder 56

M-Phi, completed drafts

Contains 4 completed drafts with corrections (French)

1950s

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Folder 57 to 58

M-Phi, partial drafts

Includes early draft fragments and mathematical tables accompanied by written corrections, all related to Neumann's preparation of his paper L'Humanisation de l'espace: le systeme M-Phi (earlier material in German and English, some later material also in French)

1950s

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Folder 59

M-Phi notes

Includes rough notes, some draft fragments, mathematical tables and calculations, edits, contact lists, notes on the dimensions of paintings, note pads, architectural sketches, printed illustrations, sketches, doodles (much of the material has no discernable organizational coherence but remains in the order in which it was received) (German, French, English)

1950s

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Folder 60

M-Phi notes (Czech)

Contains notes, mathematical caluclations, sketches (Czech)

1950s

Box 5:

Folder 1

M-Phi, mathematical notes

Contains mathematical tables pertaining to Fibonacci numbers, calculations and equations, sketches pertaining to the golden section, sketches of polyhedrons with templates, clippings from a book or periodical, some doodles, notes entitled "proportion of volumes," "partition of the plan," "geometric entities in place" (German, English, book excerpts in French)

1950s

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Folder 2

M-Phi reference materials

Includes diagrams illustrating principles of the golden section; reproductions of Leonardo's Annunciation and Virgin of the Rocks, and Giorgione's Fete Champetre, with accompanying perspectival diagrams analyzing the presence of the golden section in the paintings (captions in French, English)

undated

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Folder 3

M-Phi, lectures

Includes notes for unspecified lectures on topics related to L'Humanisation de l'espace: le systeme M-Phi; typescript of a lecture delivered at CIAM IX in Aix-en-Provence (German, English)

1953, undated

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Folder 4

Architecture as Ornament, final draft

Final version of the paper (English)

undated

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Folder 5

Architecture as Ornament, drafts and outline

Outline for the paper; 3 drafts or partial drafts, with corrections (English)

undated

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Folder 6

Architecture as Ornament, notes

Includes notes, article outlines, notes taken from books and other publications, bibliographical notes and citations, sketches, draft fragments, notes on symmetry, group theory, symbolism, mathematics (English, French, German)

undated

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Folder 7

L'Ornement, transcription of conference

Transcript of a conference presented at the Ecole d'Architecture, Universite Laval, Quebec; also includes draft (likely related to Neumann's paper entitled Ornement et Architecture) (French)

1967-1968

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Folder 8

Aspects d'Architecture

Paper written by Neumann, perhaps delivered as a lecture or presented at a conference, includes 2 drafts (French)

1965

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Folder 9

Aspects d'Architecture, notes

Contains partial drafts and notes, some of which are entitled Architecture without Architects, perhaps an earlier iteration of the paper (German)

undated

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Folder 10

Inertie de la forme, transcription of conference

Transcript of a conference at the Musee du Quebec, with copy and partial copy (French)

1967

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Folder 11

Inertie de la forme, notes

Partial drafts and notes (French)

1966-1967

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Folder 12

Irrational factors in building industrialization

Paper written by Neumann, perhaps delivered as a lecture or presented at a conference, includes 2 drafts (English)

undated

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Folder 13

L'Architecture de la Morphologie

Paper presented by Neumann at a conference of L'Association des Architectes de L'Ontario, also published in the RAIC journal, May 1963 (3 copies) (French)

1963

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Folder 14

Morphology of Inside-Outside

Paper written by Neumann (English)

1963

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Folder 15

Morphology of Inside-Outside, illustrations

Contains 11 captioned illustrations intended to accompany the text of Neumann's paper (English)

undated

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Folder 16

Morphology of Inside-Outside, drafts and notes

Partial drafts and notes (English, German, French)

undated

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Folder 17

Openings, Doors, and Windows

Includes paper or article, with drafts and outlines (German, English)

undated

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Folder 18

Windows and doors, notes

Includes notes on the topic of windows as opened and closed forms, possible partial drafts, note pad entitled Window Problem, sketches (German, English)

undated

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Folder 19

Paper corrections

Contains partial drafts accompanied by fragmented edits in scrap form, for the papers Morphology of Inside-Outside, and Openings, Doors, and Windows (English)

undated

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Folder 20

Space Packing, notes

Includes notes on materials, furniture, history of space packing patterns, Greek theater architecture, tools; partial drafts; sketches (German, English)

1960s

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Folder 21 to 22

Space Packing, sketches and notes

Includes sketches and drawings of buildings, monuments, details of paintings, sculptures, clothing, furniture, tools, geometric patterns, floor plans, accompanied by notes; also includes some doodles (French, English, German)

1960s

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Folder 23

Space Packing, reference

Includes bibliographical notes, clippings pertaining to fashion and Japanese art from Time magazine (German, English)

1963, 1960s

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Folder 24

Notes on Modulor II

Contains notes, bibliographical notes, and drafts in critique of Le Corbusier's book Modulor II, suggesting that it appropriated or misrepresented Neumann's ideas (French) (2 drafts of a letter regarding Modulor II are located in the unknown correspondents folder, under correspondence of Alfred Neumann)

c. 1955

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Folder 25

L'Espace, notes

Possible lecture notes or partial drafts on the topics of space, empty space, and architectural space (French)

undated

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Folder 26

Notes entitled "Competition"

Notes on the topic of the degeneration of the practice of the competition, and the resultant compromising of artistic integrity necessary for success (English)

undated

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Folder 27

Notes entitled "Japan"

Notes on the topic of dimension as an element of space (German)

undated

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Folder 28

Notes entitled "Schneid"

Notes on an unspecified subject possibly pertaining to aesthetics (title may be translated as "cutting") (German)

undated

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Folder 29

Notes entitled "Venezia"

Notes on an unspecified subject possibly pertaining to industrial production (German)

undated

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Folder 30

Notes on various architectural topics

Includes notes with the following titles: form influencing factors in the manmade human environment, Wachsmann, fashion in industrial design, architecture as spatial art, development index, tour of the house, science of building, patent, laufenfeld, design, polyhedrons, Tumarkin (artist Igael Tumarkin), architectural space, proportion (German, English, French)

undated

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Folder 31

Notes on unspecified topics

Contains possible research notes or drafts on unknown topics pertaining to architecture; includes sketches (German, French, English, Hebrew)

undated

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Folder 32

Sketches and notes, unspecified topics

Includes sketches accompanied by notes, perhaps used in the course of research for unspecified papers (English)

undated

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Folder 33

Bibliographical notes

Contains bibliographical notes on the architect Auguste Perret, from Peter Collins' book Concrete (English), quotations from articles in the architecture periodical L'Architettura (Italian), and Neumann's notes made from various books and periodicals, including the catalogue of an exhibition on Le Corbusier (French, German, English)

1965, undated

Series V: Faculty Papers

Subseries 1: Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

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Folder 34

Projects involving students (Zvi Hecker, Eldar Sharon)

Contains photographic reproductions of architectural drawings (Hebrew) (8 photographs)

undated

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Folder 35

Programs of study and syllabi of courses, Technion

2 booklets, which contain yearly study plans, course listings, and course descriptions for undergraduate students (English)

1957, 1964

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Folder 36

Introduction to Teaching Techniques (Technion)

Document prepared for professors of the Technion (English)

undated

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Folder 37

Education at the Technion

Contains certificate awarded to Neumann in 1963; also includes "Proposal for the care of second year students," remarks on curriculum reform, and notes regarding the educational state of affairs at the Technion and Neumann's role as professor there (German, Hebrew, English)

1958, 1963, undated

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Folder 38

Technion notes

Notes mainly on the topic of unauthorized changes made to the mechanical engineering building and on the topic of architectural education in relation to the unfavorable state of affairs at the Technion; includes notes entitlted "why the results of nomination seem or are arbitrary," "what are the changes of the program," and "mechanical engineering" (English, German)

undated

Subseries 2: Universite Laval

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Folder 39

Student works, Universite Laval

Contains 37 photographs of architectural models, probably those made by students of Neumann's at the Universite Laval, Quebec

1960s

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Folder 40

Responses to student questions

Contains interview including questions posed by students regarding the curriculum at the Universite Laval, accompanied by Neumann's responses (French)

1967

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Folder 41

Program of study, Universite Laval

Comprehensive program for both undergraduate and graduate study, prepared by Neumann in collaboration with other university professors (2 programs, 1 draft) (French)

1967

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Folder 42

Prospectus and course of study for l'Ecole d'Architecture, Universite Laval

Prospectus pamphlet includes yearly programs of study and syllabi of courses; course of study consists of a chart detailing coursework per semester (French)

1960s

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Folder 43

Proposed courses of study for Master's students, Universite Laval

Includes general informational packets, study plans divided into 4 cycles, and syllabi for graduate courses (preparted by Neumann in possible collaboration with other university professors) (French, English)

1960s

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Folder 44

Syllabi for specific architecture courses, studio work, or student projects, Universite Laval

Includes untitled third year project, studio project on leisure space, outdoor project themes (logging, fishing, camping, zoo, farm, park, recreational site), 5th year thesis project, 5th year project on industrial landscape design, untitled course on the fine arts (French, English)

1962-1963, 1965-1968

Box 5:

Folder 45

Syllabi for courses taught in other departments, Universite Laval

List of courses taught by other professors, and syllabi for sociology, economics, climatology (French)

undated

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Folder 46

News and events leaflet, Universite Laval

Contains photograph of Neumann (French)

1968

Subseries 3: Lectures and Pedagogical Notes

Box 5:

Folder 47

Teaching plans/Lehrplans

Possible lecture notes, notes on pedagogical topics (German, English, French)

undated

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Folder 48

Notes on proposed curricula

Notes on potential programs of study by year of study, tentative syllabi; includes syllabi for lectures or courses on morphology of architecture, excerpts from the proceedings of CIAM VIII, and admission interview form (French, English)

undated

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Folder 49

Ideas for student projects

Notes on possible student assignments or lesson plans (French, English, German)

undated

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Folder 50

Possible lecture notes

Notes on Vitruvius, various construction methods, historic architects, Auguste Perret, and morphological architecture (French, English, German)

undated

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Folder 51

Notes on the formation of the architect

Notes on architecture education and general pedagogical topics (information flow, creativity in engineering, organization of schools of architecture, teamwork, the studio, education of town planners), includes notes taken from publications, sketches and doodles (English, German, French)

undated

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Folder 52

Pedagogy reference material, papers

Includes the following papers: Building in our Time, by Konrad Wachsman (delivered as a lecture at the Technion); What's Wrong with Engineering Education, by Hermann Danforth; The Value Structure of Creativity, by Robert S. Hartman; excerpts from The Aims of Education, by Alfred North Whitehead

undated

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Folder 53

Pedagogy reference material, articles

Articles clipped or copied from periodicals, pertaining to childhood education, university education, and architecture education in Time Magazine, Progressive Architecture, the Journal of Architectural Education, and an unknown publication (English)

1966, 1967, undated

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Folder 54

Programs of study, other universites

University of Manitoba undergraduate curricula; faculty of architecture proposed curriculum (unknown university), Harvard University Graduate School of Design notice on urban design program (under the supervision of Jose Luis Sert), University of Southern California Department of Architecture pamphlet (directed by Konrad Wachsmann) (English)

1965, 1966

Series VI: Publications

Subseries 1: Articles about projects (periodicals)

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Folder 55

Kokusai Kentiku, international review of architecture, vol. 26, no. 8

International competition for Auschwitz Monument, pages 12-16 (Japanese language architecture periodical)

August, 1959

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Folder 56

Journal of the Association of Engineers and Architects in Israel (Handasa we adrikhalut)

Monument to Auschwitz victims, competition entry, pages 32-34 (Hebrew language periodical, with limited English) (3 copies)

January, 1960

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Folder 57

Journal of the Association of Engineers and Architects in Israel (Handasa we adrikhalut), vol. 18, no. 1-2

Bat Yam (photograph of model), page 34 (Hebrew language periodical, with limited English)

January-February, 1960

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Folder 58

Casabella continuita, rivista internazionale di architettura e urbanistica, vol. 11, no. 245

Boulogne sur Seine, page 17 (includes copies of the excerpt) (Italian language architecture periodical)

November, 1960

Box 6:

Folder 1

Journal of the Association of Engineers and Architects in Israel, vol. 20, no. 2

Results for the competition for the municipality building in Beer-Sheba, which Neumann may have entered (pages 67-71) (Hebrew, English)

February, 1962

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Folder 2

L'Architecture d'Aujord'hui, vol. 34, no. 106

Village for Arab farmers at Ein-Raffa, page 59; Bat Yam city hall, pages 66-69; Arhziv vacation area, pages 94-97 (French language architecture periodical)

February-March, 1963

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Folder 3

International asbestos-cement review, vol. 8, no. 4

Village for Arab farmers at Ein-Raffa, pages 19-23 (English language engineering periodical)

October, 1963

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Folder 4

Journal of the Association of Engineers and Architects in Israel, vol. 22, no. 1

Natanya town hall competition, pages 12-16 (Hebrew language periodical, with limited English)

January, 1964

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Folder 5

Domus, architettura arredamento arte, vol. 411

Bat Yam, pages 14-18 (Italian language periodical with limited French)

February, 1964

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Folder 6

Review of the International Union of Architects, vol. 26

Arhziv holiday village, pages 16-20 (English and French language architecture periodical)

April, 1964

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Folder 7

L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, vol. 35, no. 113-114

Bat Yam, pages 178, 180; El Al airport terminal, page 181 (French language architecture periodical)

April-May, 1964

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Folder 8

L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, vol. 35, no. 115

Bat Yam, pages 70-75 (also contains excerpts from a conference on morphologic architecture) (French language architecture periodical with limited English)

June-July, 1964

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Folder 9

Architectural Design, vol. 34, no. 11

Bat Yam, pages 552-563 (English language architectural periodical)

November, 1964

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Folder 10

Progressive Architecture

Frontispiece featuring Bat Yam windows, page 130; Bat Yam and Arhziv, pages 166-171 (in reference to page 168, Neumann inserted a note in German) (English language architecture periodical)

March, 1965

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Folder 11

Architectural Design, vol. 35, no. 4

Club Mediterranee, Arhziv, pages 193-197 (English language architectural periodical)

April, 1965

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Folder 12

Concrete quarterly, excerpt

Photograph of Bat Yam, page not given (English language engineering periodical)

April-June, 1965

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Folder 13

Domus, architettura arredamento arte, vol. 427

Faculty of mechanical engineering, Technion, pages 14-18; El Al airport terminal, pages 19-21 (Italian language architecture periodical)

June, 1965

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Folder 14

L'Industria Italiana del Cemento, vol. 35, no. 8, excerpt

Bat Yam, pages 491-506 (includes copy of this excerpt) (Italian language engineering periodical)

August, 1965

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Folder 15

Queen, excerpt

Michmoret holiday camp, pages 100-101 (English language magazine)

October, 1965

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Folder 16

Saturday Review

Bat Yam, pages 22-23 (English language magazine)

January, 1966

Box 6:

Folder 17

The Architectural Forum, excerpt

Ramat Gan housing block, page 79 (English language architecture periodical)

January-February, 1966

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Folder 18

Architecture in Israel, vol. 1

Faculty of mechanical engineering, Technion, pages 34-43, 66-67 (Hebrew language architecture periodical, with limited English)

January-March, 1966

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Folder 19

Domus, architettura arredamento arte, vol. 436, excerpt

Natanya city hall, page 3, page not given (Italian language architecture periodical)

March, 1966

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Folder 20

Life International, vol. 40, no. 5

Club Mediterranee, Arhziv, pages 11, 20-21 (English language magazine)

March, 1966

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Folder 21

RAIC Journal (Royal Architectural Institute of Canada), vol. 43, no. 4

Arhziv, page 53 (includes copy of excerpt) (French and English language architecture periodical)

April, 1966

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Folder 22

Kokusai Kentiku, international review of architecture, vol. 33, no. 6

Ashdod city center, page 9-19 (also on cover) (Japanese language periodical with limited English)

June, 1966

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Folder 23

Arts and Architecture, vol. 83, no. 6

Natanya town hall, pages 12-13; faculty of mechanical engineering, Technion, pages 14-15 (English language periodical)

July, 1966

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Folder 24

Architecture in Israel, no. 3

Natanya city hall, pages 42-49 (Hebrew language architecture periodical, with limited English)

July-September, 1966

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Folder 25

Polytechnisch tijdschrift, vol. 21

Bat Yam, pages 702-709 (Dutch language architecture periodical)

August, 1966

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Folder 26

L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, vol. 37, no. 128

Housing block at Ramat Gan, pages 26-27; Natanya city hall, page 28; Ashdod city center, page 29; synagogue project, page 30 (includes copies of the excerpts) (French language architecture periodical)

October-November, 1966

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Folder 27

The Architect and Building News, vol. 230, no. 25

Housing block at Ramat Gan, pages 1083-1086 (English language architecture periodical)

December, 1966

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Folder 28

Zodiac 16, a review of contemporary architecture (vol. 16)

Natanya city hall, pages 140-147; Faculty of mechanical engineering, Technion, pages 148-159; also contains article Morphologic Architecture, pages 136-139 (English and Italian language architecture periodical)

1966

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Folder 29

Kenchiku Bunka, vol. 22, no. 243

Bat Yam, pages 170-171; Arhziv, pages 172-173; Faculty of mechanical engineering, Technion, pages 174-175; Natanya city hall, page 175; Ashdod city center, page 176 (Japanese and English language architecture periodical)

January, 1967

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Folder 30

Landscape Architecture, vol. 57, no. 3

Arhziv, pages 202-203 (English language periodical)

April, 1967

Box 6:

Folder 31

Bouwkundig Weekblad, vol. 85

Housing block at Ramat Gan, pages 206-212 (Dutch language architecture periodical)

June, 1967

Box 6:

Folder 32

Cement, vol. 19, no. 9

Bat Yam, pages 350-351 (Dutch engineering periodical)

September, 1967

Box 6:

Folder 33

Werk, excerpt

Faculty of mechanical engineering, pages not given (German language art and architecture periodical)

October, 1967

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Folder 34

Space, vol. 13, no. 11

Photograph of Ramat Gan apartments, page 39 (Korean language architecture periodical)

November, 1967

Box 6:

Folder 35

Architecture, no. 80

Faculty of mechanical engineering, pages 863-869 (French language architecture periodical)

November-December, 1967

Box 6:

Folder 36

Holiday, vol. 42, no. 6

Ramat Gan housing block, pages 138-139 (English language magazine)

December, 1967

Box 6:

Folder 37

Le Carre Bleu, excerpt

Ashdod city center, pages not given (French language architecture periodical)

January, 1968

Box 6:

Folder 38

Bauen Wohnen, vol. 22, no. 2

Ramat Gan housing block, pages 50-51 (German language architecture periodical, with limited French and English)

February, 1968

Box 6:

Folder 39

Life Atlantic, vol. 44, no. 3

Ramat Gan housing block, pages 47-53 (English language magazine)

February, 1968

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Folder 40

The Kentiku, architecture, a monthly journal for architects and designers, no. 94

Arhziv, Ashdod city center, page 17; Synagogue project, pages 20-21; synagogue in the Negev desert, page 22-23; school project in Beer-sheba, pages 24-25; faculty of mechanical engineering, pages 26-29; Bat Yam, pages 30-31; Ramat Gan housing block, pages 32-38 (includes copies of the excerpts) (Japanese language architecture periodical)

June, 1968

Box 7:

Folder 1

Architecture Canada, excerpt

Photograph of Ramat Gan apartments, page 49 (English language architecture periodical)

September, 1968

Box 7:

Folder 2

Domus, architettura arredamento arte, vol. 466

Ramat Gan housing block, pages 1-3; studies in polyhedric architecture, pages 4-5 (includes copies of second excerpt) (Italian language architecture periodical)

September, 1968

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Folder 3

Progressive Architecture, excerpts

Arhziv, pages 116-117; Michmoret holiday camp, page 117; Kiriat Yam youth camp, page 118; Bat Yam, page 119; Natanya city hall, page 120; synagogue in the Negev desert, page 120; synagogue project, page 121; faculty of mechanical engineering, page 122; Ramat Gan apartments, pages 122-123 (includes copy) (English language architecture periodical)

March, 1969

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Folder 4

L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, vol. 40, no. 144

Arhziv, Bat Yam, Ramat Gan, faculty of mechanical engineering, page VII (includes copies of the excerpt) (French language architecture periodical)

June-July, 1969

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Folder 5

Domus, architettura arredamento arte, vol. 476, excerpt

Synagogue in the Negev desert, pages not given (Italian language architecture periodical)

July, 1969

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Folder 6

L'Industria Italiana del Cemento, vol. 39, no. 8, excerpt

Faculty of mechanical engineering, pages 597-608 (Italian language engineering periodical)

August, 1969

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Folder 7

Israel Magazine, vol. 3, no. 3

Faculty of mechanical engineering, pages 4-8; Bat Yam, pages 8-10; synagogue in the desert, page 8; Arhziv, pages 10-11; Ramat Gan, pages 10, 12 (English language magazine)

March, 1971

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Folder 8

L'Industria Italiana del Cemento, vol. 41, no. 7, excerpt

Ramat Gan housing block, pages 481-494 (Italian language engineering periodical)

July, 1971

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Folder 9

Architecture in Israel, no. 2

Beit Zait holiday camp, pages 19-21 (English and Hebrew language architecture periodical)

August, 1971

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Folder 10

md (moebel interior design), excerpt

Bat Yam, pages 45-48 (includes copies) (German, English, and French language interior design periodical)

undated

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Folder 11

Selearchitettura, Segnalazioni Lettere il Mondo in Architettura, excerpt

Bat Yam, pages 742, 747 (exists only as copies) (Italian language architecture periodical)

undated

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Folder 12

Unknown periodicals

Contains photographs and articles in periodicals and newspapers regarding Neumann's projects in Israel (English, Italian, Hebrew)

1963, undated

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Folder 13

Proportion, a measure of order

Exhibition catalogue, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University; Bat Yam city hall project cited with reference to Neumann's paper, L'Humanisation de l'espace, page 81 (English)

Spring-Summer, 1965

Subseries 2: Articles about projects (newspapers)

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Folder 14

Building Industry News

Bat Yam, page not given (English language architecture newspaper)

April, 1964

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Folder 14

The Jerusalem Post

Bat Yam, page not given (English language Israeli newspaper)

February, 1965

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Folder 14

The Jerusalem Post

Ramat Gan apartments, page 7 (English language Israeli newspaper)

March, 1965

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Folder 14

The Jerusalem Post

Note to the editor from Zvi Hecker refers to Neumann's projects, page 3 (English language Israeli newspaper)

March, 1965

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Folder 14

The Daily Telegraph

Photograph of Bat Yam, page 16 (British broadsheet newspaper)

September, 1965

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Folder 14

The Jerusalem Post Magazine

Synagogue in the Negev desert, page 9 (English language Israeli magazine)

July, 1970

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Folder 14

Bat Yam newspaper clippings (unknown newspapers)

3 clippings from the Jerusalem Post and other newspapers (English language Israeli newspapers)

undated

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Folder 15

Achziv holiday village (Club Mediterranee), clippings

Contains 2 clippings from Israeli newspapers (Hebrew)

1961, 1962

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Folder 15

Auschwitz memorial competition, clippings

Contains 2 copies of a clipping from an Israeli newspaper or periodical (Hebrew)

undated

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Folder 15

Bat Yam newspaper clippings

Contains 13 clippings from Israeli newspapers (Hebrew)

1962, 1963, undated

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Folder 15

Dubiner House at Ramat Gan, clipping

Contains 1 clipping from an Israeli newspaper (Hebrew)

undated

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Folder 15

Faculty of mechanical engineering (Danciger building), Technion, clippings

Contains 22 clippings from Israeli newspapers (Hebrew, 1 article in English)

1966, 1967, undated

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Folder 15

Jerusalem Gate, clipping

Contains 1 clipping from an Israeli newspaper (Hebrew)

1960s

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Folder 15

Natanya city hall, clipping

Contains 1 clipping from an Israeli newspaper (Hebrew)

1967

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Folder 15

Village for Arab refugees at Ein-Rafa, clipping

Contains 1 clipping from an Israeli newspaper (Hebrew)

undated

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Folder 16

Clippings regarding Danciger Building controversy

Articles pertaining to the Danciger building controversy, of the faculty of mechanical engineering, Technion (mainly in the Jerusalem Post, one article in Jedioth Ghadashoth) (English, German, Hebrew)

1966, 1967, undated

Subseries 3: Articles about Neumann

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Folder 17

L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, vol. 38, no. 130

Articles discuss Neumann's research on space packing patterns, and Neumann's and Hecker's research on units arranged in special patterns, pages 24 and 25 (includes copies of the excerpts) (French and English language architecture periodical)

February-March, 1967

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Folder 18

La Terre Retrouvee

Interview with Neumann regarding the formation of a national architecture in Israel, page 7 (French language newspaper)

October, 1953

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Folder 18

Technion Review, vol. 8, no. 4

Article regarding the work of Neumann's students at the Technion, page 10 (English language periodical)

October, 1957

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Folder 18

Technion Review, vol. 9, no. 4

Short article refers to Neumann's thoughts on architecture education, page not given (English language periodical)

October, 1958

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Folder 18

L'Evenement

Article gives a brief background of Neumann's career, along with other professors of architecture at the Ecole d'Architecture, Universite Laval, page 8 (French language newspaper)

May, 1963

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Folder 18

Unknown newspaper

Article refers to Neumann's work on morphological architecture, page 29 (French language newspaper)

October, 1964

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Folder 18

Le Soleil

2 articles about Neumann's career, his thoughts on the evolution of architecture in Quebec, and the role of architecture in the modern world, pages 6-7 (French language newspaper)

November, 1966

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Folder 18

Le Soleil

Article gives Neumann's thoughts on Le Corbusier, page 23 (French language newspaper)

February, 1967

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Folder 18

RIBAJ (Royal Institute of British Architects Journal)

Article refers to Neumann as being a practitioner of new trends in architecture, pages 244-246 (English language architecture periodical)

June, 1967

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Folder 18

The Gazette

Article includes biographical notes and refers to Neumann's role as a monumental figure in Israeli architecture and as an educator of the next generation of architects, page 21 (English language newspaper)

April, 1968

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Folder 19

Articles about Neumann (Hebrew)

Contains press clippings from Israeli newspapers, perhaps regarding the controversy surrounding the faculty of mechanical engineering building (Hebrew)

1966, undated

Series VIII: Artworks

Drawer 198:

Folder 6

Self-portrait

Contains 1 self-portrait, age 20; possible student work (oil on board)

1920

Drawer 198:

Folder 7

Portrait of Neumann on his deathbed

Contains 1 portrait of Neumann on his deathbed, by Zvi Hecker

1968

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Folder 12

Portraits

Contains 27 portraits, in charcoal, chalk, pencil, pen, crayon, or watercolor (sitters include Eva and Naomi Neumann, Anni Sternheim; 2 drawings are possible self-portraits) (one drawing has notes in German on the reverse, 2 others have sketches on the reverse, or attached)

1924, 1950, 1951, 1965, undated

Drawer 198:

Folder 8

Portraits in oil

Contains 2 portraits in oil; possible student works (one has a Pompeiian mosaic design pattern on the reverse)

1921, undated

Drawer 198:

Folder 9

Portraits in chalk

Contains 4 portraits of women, in colored chalk

undated

Drawer 198:

Folder 10

Portraits

Contains 26 portraits, in pencil, pen, crayon, pastel, charcoal, chalk, marker, or watercolor, some of which are possible student works (2 drawings have additional sketches on the reverse) (sitters include Naomi Neumann, Anni Sternheim, possibly Frence Grubner; 2 drawings are possible self-portraits)

1920, 1951, 1952, undated

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Folder 13

Life drawings

Contains 25 drawings, in pen, pencil, charcoal, chalk, and watercolor (5 of which have additional life drawings on the reverse)

undated

Drawer 198:

Folder 11

Life drawings

Contains 17 life drawings, in pencil, charcoal, and watercolor; most of which are probably student works (2 of which have additional life drawings on the reverse)

1920, 1921, undated

Drawer 198:

Folder 12

Figural drawings in the manner of Picasso

Contains 6 drawings of the human figure, in charcoal or crayon

undated

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Folder 14

Drawings of miscellaneous figural subjects

Contains 13 drawings, in pencil, pen, crayon, or chalk

undated

Drawer 198:

Folder 13

Drawings of miscellaneous figural subjects

Contains 3 drawings, one of which possibly depicts Anni Sternheim, in charcoal or chalk

undated

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Folder 15

Watercolors, miscellaneous figural subjects

Contains 3 watercolors or gouaches (one of which, when unfolded, contains 2 additional watercolors)

1914, undated

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Folder 16

Cityscapes and drawings of houses

Contains 7 sketches in watercolor, pencil, pen, or charcoal

undated

Drawer 198:

Folder 14

Landscapes

Contains 1 landscape and 1 cityscape, in watercolor or gouache

undated

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Folder 17

Landscapes and trees

Contains 13 drawings, in pencil, pen, chalk, and pastel (3 of which have additional landscapes on the reverse)

1941, 1950s, undated

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Folder 18

Non-figural drawings

Contains 6 drawings in pencil, charcoal, or pastel

undated

Drawer 198:

Folder 15

Non-figural drawings

Contains 7 drawings in pencil, pen, crayon, and pastel (2 of which have additional sketches on the reverse)

undated

Drawer 198:

Folder 16

Non-figural watercolors

Contains 5 abstract watercolors (one of which is matted and signed on the reverse by Alfred Neumann and Anni Sternheim)

1952, undated

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Folder 19

Caricatural drawings

Contains 8 drawings, in pen, pencil, or charcoal (one of which has another sketch on the reverse)

1925, undated

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Folder 20

Possible child's drawings

Contains 3 drawings in pencil and crayon

undated

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Folder 21

Reproductions of artworks

Contains photographic reproduction of a life drawing, likely a student work

undated

Drawer 198:

Folder 17

Artworks by Anni Sternheim

Contains 6 life drawings and 1 non-figural drawing (all are signed with Sternheim's name or initials)

1945, 1952, undated

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Folder 22

Artwork by Janus K.

Contains 1 watercolor or gouache of a tree

1945

Series IX: Reference

Box 8:

Folder 23

L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, vol. 9, no. 4

French language architecture periodical

April, 1938

Box 8:

Folder 24

Techniques et Architecture, vol. 5, no. 3-4

French language architecture periodical

March-April, 1945

Box 8:

Folder 25

Techniques et Architecture, vol. 5, no. 3-4

French language architecture periodical

October, 1945

Box 8:

Folder 26

Kokusai Kentiku, international review of architecture, vol. 25, no. 9

Japanese language architecture periodical

September, 1958

Box 8:

Folder 27

L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, insert

French language; regarding the death of Andre Bloc

1966

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Folder 28

Architecture Canada (Journal RAIC), vol. 44, no. 4

English language architecture periodical, with limited French

April, 1967

Box 8:

Folder 29

On the Climax-Vegetation of the Negev, with Special Reference to Arid Pasture Problems

Contains article written by H. Boyko and reprinted from the Palestine Journal of Botany, Rehovot Series (vol. VII); this article may have been used by Neumann over the course of his researches into climate and landscape in Israel (English)

1949

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Folder 30

Survey of the current status of architectural research at US universities

Paper by Ezra Ehrenkrantz of the University of California, Berkeley (English)

January, 1959

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Folder 31

Development of the number pattern for modular coordination, flexibility through standardization

Paper by Ezra Ehrenkrantz of the University of California, Berkeley (English)

September, 1959

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Folder 32

Design with Sunrays: A New Technology of Art

Paper by P.K. Hoenich of the faculty of the Technion, given to Neumann by the author (English)

July, 1965

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Folder 33

Miscellaneous reference material (articles)

Includes article about the construction of theaters in Brno (architect B. Fuchs), article entitled Omodulor: Instrument of Proportion in the S.A. Architectural Record, and article on Frank Lloyd Wright (English, Czech)

1959, undated

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Folder 34

Miscellaneous reference material (clippings)

Includes magazine clippings pertaining to architecture, urban planning, interior design, and art; furniture advertisements; notices for books on the topics of dock and harbor engineering and heavy construction; an article in Le Monde regarding architectural projects of a Prix de Rome winner (English, French)

1967, 1968, undated

Box 8:

Folder 35

Israeli press clippings, unspecified topics

Contains 72 clippings from Israeli newspapers; some clippings are stapled together or have notes attached (Hebrew)

1961, 1963, 1966-1968, undated

Box 8:

Folder 36

Pamphlets on morphological topics

Contains pamphlets on the books Principes de Morphologie Generale by Edouard Monod-Herzen, and Aspects of Form, a Symposium on Form in Nature and Art edited by Lancelot Law Whyte; also contains program for lectures on morphological topics (French, English, German)

undated

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Folder 37

Reference for architecture study

Contains chart of various views of a residential building and worksheet with mathematical or architectural exercises (possibly intended for student work) (German)

undated

Box 8:

Folder 38

Photographs of interiors

Photographs of interior designs and furniture of private homes in Brno (38 photographs)

undated

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Folder 39

Photographs of buildings

Contains 3 photographs of a building probably designed by Yona Friedman in Haifa, and 36 photographs of buildings under construction for Expo 1967 and Habitat Montreal, from an envelope labeled "expo in construction, Habitat"

undated

Box 8:

Folder 40

Igael Tumarkin, exhibition catalogue

Includes exhibition invitation, pamphlet regarding Tumarkin's bronze sculptures (in English and Hebrew), and 8 photographs of sculptures

1965, undated

Box 8:

Folder 41

Art reference (photographic negatives)

Paintings, African sculpture, art objects (negatives for 34 photographs)

undated

Box 8:

Folder 42 to 43

Miscellaneous projects (slide box 1)

Contains slides for Neumann's student and early projects (including Villa en Californie, Maison Bateau, and Groupe Scolaire at Boulogue sur Seine), Achziv holiday village, Mechmoret holiday camp, Kiryat Yam holiday camp, Bat Yam town hall, Natanya town hall, and Ashdod city center (consists of photographic reproductions of drawings, photographs of models, and photographs of the completed buildings)

undated

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Folder 44 to 45

Miscellaneous projects (slide box 2)

Contains slides for Dubiner House at Ramat Gan, Village for Arab refugees at Ein Rafa, space packing projects (hotel and dormitories), and a painting (one slide depicts Alfred with Naomi in a Tel Aviv office) (consists of photographic reproductions of drawings, photographs of models, and photographs of the completed buildings)

undated

Box 8:

Folder 46 to 47

Miscellaneous projects (slide box 3)

Contains slides for the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (Danciger Building), Synagogue in the Negev desert, Jerusalem gate, synagogue project, Amsterdam town hall, El Al air terminal, Beit Zayit youth camp, and photographs of polyhedric models (consists of photographic reproductions of drawings, photographs of models, and photographs of the completed buildings)

undated

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Folder 48

Frank Lloyd Wright (slide box 4)

1 (10 slides), 2 (17 slides), 3 (10 slides), 4 (13 slides); includes images of American architecture taken from published sources (possibly used for lectures)

undated

Box 8:

Folder 49

Round houses, animal houses (slide box 5)

1 (6 slides), 2 (4 slides), 3 (4 slides), 4 (15 slides), 5 (6 slides), 6 (3 slides), 7 (5 slides), 8 (5 slides), 9 (5 slides), 10 (6 slides), 11 (8 slides), 12 (5 slides); includes reproductions from books and National Geographic magazine (possibly used for lectures)

undated

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Folder 50

Reference (slide box 6)

1 (6 slides), 2 (6 slides), 3 (5 slides), 4 (4 slides), 5 (8 slides), 6 (6 slides), 7 (4 slides); includes reproductions of paintings, reproductions from books, exteriors and interiors, possible travel photos, photographs of an architectural model (possibly used for lectures)

undated

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Folder 51

Fejes Thot, MC Escher, St. Marco (slide box 7)

1 (4 slides), 2 (5 slides), 3 (12 slides), 4 (17 slides), 5 (9 slides); includes images of buildings, architectural drawings taken from a publication by L. Fejes Thot, photographs of architectural models, MC Escher artworks (possibly used for lectures)

undated

Box 8:

Folder 52 to 53

Boyd, Proportions, Polyhedra, M Phi (slide box 8)

1 (7 slides), 2 (13 slides), 3 (16 slides), 4 (15 slides), 5 (13 slides), 6 (16 slides), 7 (7 slides), 8 (14 slides), 9 (10 slides), 10 (8 slides), 11 (12 slides), 12 (7 slides); includes reproductions from books, geometric diagrams, perspective diagrams, drawings illustrating concepts of proportion (possibly used for lectures)

undated

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Folder 54

Symmetry, interiors, structure, ornament (slide box 9)

1 (10 slides), 2 (7 slides), 3 (8 slides), 4 (7 slides), 5 (7 slides), 6 (7 slides), 7 (4 slides), 8 (14 slides), 10 (14 slides), 11 (14 slides); includes reproductions from books, geometric diagrams, images of insects, plants, animals, interiors, furniture, reproductions of paintings and sculptures (possibly used for lectures)

undated

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Folder 55

Round houses, animal houses, square and transition houses (slide box 10)

1 (13 slides), 2 (8 slides), 3 (7 slides), 4 (7 slides), 5 (6 slides), 6 (8 slides), 7 (1 slide), 8 (8 slides), 9 (7 slides), 10 (8 slides), 11 (8 slides), 12 (7 slides); includes reproductions from books, architectural diagrams, landscape photographs, images of non-Western architecture, maps of villages (possibly used for lectures)

undated

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